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Hello!

 

We think that three simultaneous connections from any network / IP address without any limitation on each connection slot is enormously more valuable than five simultaneous connections only from the same network. what do you think?

Sure, but TorGuard says they allow 5 connections from anywhere.  Of course, I'm not arguing that Air should increase the number of connections they allow.  I'm just curious about this use case as read on reddit.

A discussion that came in great timing.

TorGuard just suspended a user that utilized his 5 connections.

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/VPN/comments/4jvwlx/torguard_account_deletion/

interesting.  TorGuard replied and said the 5 simultaneous connections are allowed from anywhere.  So I'm curious why their account was suspended. 

power users will be able to fix this block themselves with policy routing.  I found that if I route api.vudu.com, startup.vudu.com, 208.79.221.221 to my WAN instead of AirVPN gateway vudu works via web page and roku 4.

first you'll need to create configs with resolved hosts so that you don't get blocked straight away at DNS resolution.

Might as well resurrect this old thread. 

Using Air DNS, connected to server Auva with my pfsense box, I cannot access Vudu on my roku 4.  I get a 1:200 error which is usually given to people who try to connect from outside the USA.

If I try to watch a movie on the vudu website I get error 5000, seen by another user above.

thanks.

edit: tested three other servers in USA for playback on the vudu web site - Alkaid, Cursa, Azha.  none work.

I installed OpenVPN for Android on my phone AND on my tablet. 

I imported the same .ovpn file for both.

But when I try to connect them at the same time, they keep fighting for authentication (connection drops and reconnect repeatedly).

What should I do?

you can connect both devices to the same server but if using the same server you can't use the same server port. 

I would love to see the ability to purchase more connections! as 3 is not enough and having to manage more than one account under a different email is a pain. Why not take an approach like TorGuard? who allow you to add more connections to your account for $1 a month for example.

 

This is the only thing holding me back from purchasing AIR as my main VPN.

 

Also is there any news for an IOS client?

There is only one openvpn client for iOS.  The official one, openvpn connect.  Apps made by VPN companies usually use the protocols built into iOS (e.g. L2TP/IPsec).  It's very easy to add AirVPN configs to openvpn connect.  Just browse the config generator section of this web site with your iOS device

http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest

my suggestion is to use the link there and set up a test that mimics a VPN connection.  if you see options for running the test encrypted, do it.  go into the settings for the test, select just one server near the VPN server.  See what speed you get with that test.  I suspect that you won't see (much) above 10mbit/s.

yes!!!!  and this is a surprise.  I didn't see it coming in the checking routes page.

so I'm looking at switching to duckduckgo since startpage no longer has the best results.  however, I regularly use startpage's options to search based on time - last year, last week, last 24 hours, etc.  is there a way to do that with duckduckgo?

they do it so that they can control how users use their network.  it's not malicious.  the reason is liability. 

I will be working in and around India and i need to make and receive payments to the UK through banks, paypal neteller and skrill.

 

1/ I noticed there isn't a server in my area, will this greatly affect the speed i can achieve?

 

2/ Am i able to choose a specific ip address to use every time, if so roughly how many are in the UK to choose from?

 

3/ Are the UK ip addresses on airvpn widely used, which may present a problem for me using duplicate ip's to use financial services which are widely know and therefore flagged?

 

Thanks in advance.

Only other people that are in India could tell you about international speeds via VPN tunnel to nearby nations.  I wouldn't have my hopes high but it wouldn't be the fault of AirVPN.  Quite often international gateways are just overloaded and/or throttled.

If banking web sites block VPNs then you may have a problem.  Again, this wouldn't be the fault of AirVPN.  Every VPN that I know of uses a shared IP for all the users on a given server.

In order to achieve such speed you will need a dedicated appliance for networking, with a modern CPU capable of AES-NI.

pfSense is a good option for such connections, as you can see some of the members get 298.9 Mbit/sec right now at the moment of writing.

A full gigabit is still not something you can usually except to get on a single WAN connection that travels through many ISPs.

Your measured download/upload speed was probably done on your local ISP or a very nearby servers, with multiple HTTP sessions open.

You also mentioned AT&T, which is a U.S. based ISP, and Alphard which is in the Netherlands. Trans-atlantic speeds decrease even more,

so for your case it would be better to try with some of the Canada servers, for example.

 

OpenVPN however is still limited to single core and is not multi-threaded by itself. Something that might change in 2.4/3.0 at some point.

For now, try improving your configuration by adjusting the buffer sizes.

I think this is a matter of ISP throttling.  But, testing to nearer servers is in order first. 

 

I've also abandoned almost all google services. The only ones I still use are youtube (but only rarely) and my Android phone (and it's google account). What's more no facebook, no twitter, no What's App...

 

+1 for duckduckgo, I really like it.

What alternative to whatsapp are you using?

why whatsapp?  it seems to be encrypted such that governments want to ban it.

The swedish airvpn servers have 650% worse latency to the servers, and equally worse latency to the DNS responders if you compare the swedish servers with all the servers in Holland. This has been going on for over a year, and this problem also affects the brand new airvpn servers in sweden.

 

This is unacceptable.

AirVPN can only control their servers and to some extent the datacenter.  There is a whole lot of internet between you and the server which could be blamed instead of griping at Air.  If the Swedish servers have poor latency then use other servers to which your ISP has better connectivity. 

Thanks Zhang888.

 

It looks like routing to DesignShack is failing on couple of AirVPN servers.

 

Why would the routing fail on some servers and work on others?

perhaps they've blocked IP address ranges that include some AirVPN servers.

hi, yes it does, but it fails to connect. sometimes i can get to checking route, before it resets and starts the whole process again.

either open up a support ticket or be more detailed here.  paste eddie logs (in spoiler tags) and describe the situation that causes trouble.  Public wifi??

some sites block VPNs.  Post the site in the "blocked websites warning" subforum.

does it try checking authorization several times?  I've seen in certain circumstances eddie trying several times for authorization and then moving on to connect.

 

Okay, this makes me very unhappy. It seems every server that works well for me gets withdrawn. Another Texas server has long been requested, but hasn't happened. And then a semi-close server that worked well for me (Kaus) is being withdrawn. I'm seriously considering switching to another VPN at the end of my subscription at this point. The lack of a good server in the southern US is frustrating, especially when they keep getting withdrawn.

I'm wondering why it's so difficult to find good servers in the U.S.  Is it AirVPN's policy of desiring all kinds of connections?  I just want to hide my computer details and location.  I'm not interested in downloading pirated movies, music, etc.

 

Another issue that has been getting on my nerves is getting a restart when I attempt to connect to a server in the U.S.  I've submitted a support request regarding this issue.

 

At this point, I too am considering looking at another provider.

The USA is a larger nation than most so it's relatively difficult for AirVPN to provide quality service.  For example, all the Netherlands servers are in one city.  That wouldn't be prudent in the USA.  I think that Air has done an excellent job in finding so many different datacenters that fit their criteria (net neutrality, bandwidth, location) in the USA.

 

 

 

 

Is it also possible to use Zbox for openvpn ONLY? Pfsense is not really my thing and I would like to use my Asus to do the routering.

 

My setup is: ISP > Router > Pfsense (only vpn) > clients

 

Thanks in advance

Mmm bad choice.

Let use asus as AP only and let pfSense do routing/firewalling and VPN....pfSense does them a lot better than any other consumer box.

I use my Netgear R7000 as AP only.

 

Another advise, avoid Realtek NIC.....pfSense should work fine but better Intel NIC.

 

but pfSense is also half a fortune where netgear you can get for free with most ISPs here.

half a fortune?? I built a pfsense box for $127 USD.  That's cheaper than a good consumer router.

 

cheapest AMD APU the store had but still has AES-NI, motherboard that was free after rebate, refurb HDD, cheap 2GB stick of RAM, cheap case, and an extra NIC that I already owned.  So, maybe you can't find the same type of stores where you are but it still shouldn't be half a fortune.

If you read my later posts as well, I pointed out how even if I were to build myself the import prices would be insane, but if you like I'd be happy to hear the exact specs you used and I'll find the cheapest of them I can, but stores here don't sell seperate hardware it's always import

already posted in the setup thread.

https://airvpn.org/topic/17444-how-to-set-up-pfsense-23-for-airvpn/?p=40268

 

 

Is it also possible to use Zbox for openvpn ONLY? Pfsense is not really my thing and I would like to use my Asus to do the routering.

 

My setup is: ISP > Router > Pfsense (only vpn) > clients

 

Thanks in advance

Mmm bad choice.

Let use asus as AP only and let pfSense do routing/firewalling and VPN....pfSense does them a lot better than any other consumer box.

I use my Netgear R7000 as AP only.

 

Another advise, avoid Realtek NIC.....pfSense should work fine but better Intel NIC.

 

but pfSense is also half a fortune where netgear you can get for free with most ISPs here.

half a fortune?? I built a pfsense box for $127 USD.  That's cheaper than a good consumer router.

cheapest AMD APU the store had but still has AES-NI, motherboard that was free after rebate, refurb HDD, cheap 2GB stick of RAM, cheap case, and an extra NIC that I already owned.  So, maybe you can't find the same type of stores where you are but it still shouldn't be half a fortune.

make sure you're not using UPnP nor NAT-PMP in your torrent client.

http://status.quadranet.com/

that explains some of the recent trouble but doesn't (yet) explain why they were down most recently.

As I write this Quadranet, which hosts 3 servers in Miami and 3 servers in Atlanta, is having more trouble.  Their status page isn't updated with the latest so no idea what the problem is.

But, interestingly, Cursa, one of the Miami servers, is still accessible.  The other 5 servers are not.

MTR shows the route to the 5 unreachable servers is going to Los Angeles.  Perhaps Quadranet has automatically fallen over to their LAX datacenter.  But, of course, these are dedicated servers, not "cloud".

Anyway, what's different about Cursa that it's still accessible??